2018 Kings XI Punjab season

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The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kings XI Punjab.The team finished in 7th position and could not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Support staff changes

In December 2017, Brad Hodge was appointed head coach of the team^[1]
In March 2018, Venkatesh Prasad, Nishanta Bordoloi and Shyamal Vallabhjee were appointed bowling coach, fielding coach and technical coach respectively^[2]

Others

In December 2017, the franchise requested to move its home from Mohali to an alternative city. The Board of Cricket Control in India rejected the request after some members of the IPL Governing Council opposed the idea.^[3]

On 13 March 2018, Kings XI Punjab unveiled their official jersey for the season while Kent RO Systems was announced as the chief sponsor of the team in a joint press conference.^[4]

On 16 March 2018, the Punjab Cricket Association requested that the BCCI reschedule some of Kings XI Punjab's home matches as Chandigarh Airport was likely to remain shut from 12 May to 31 May due to maintenance work. The team was supposed to play four home matches at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali from 4 May to 14 May, whereas the earlier home matches in April were scheduled to be held at Indore.^[5] On 20 March 2018, the franchise revealed their revised schedule, with Mohali hosting the first three home matches and Indore hosting the remaining four.^[6]

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
5	Aaron Finch	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
10	David Miller	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
13	Akshdeep Nath	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	Template:INRConvert
14	Mayank Agarwal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2018	Template:INRConvert
45	Manoj Tiwary	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
69	Karun Nair	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert
333	Chris Gayle	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
All-rounders
12	Yuvraj Singh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
35	Pardeep Sahu	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	Template:INRConvert
62	Mayank Dagar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	Template:INRConvert
21	Manzoor Dar	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
1	KL Rahul	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2018	Template:INRConvert	Vice Captain
Bowlers
3	Ankit Rajpoot	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	Template:INRConvert
18	Mohit Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	Template:INRConvert
23	Ravichandran Ashwin	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Captain
27	Ben Dwarshuis	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
51	Barinder Sran	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	Template:INRConvert
68	Andrew Tye	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
88	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	Template:INRConvert	Overseas

Administration and coaching staff

Owners - Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman, Karan Paul
Chief Executive Officer - Satish Menon
Chief Operating Officer - Rajeev Khanna
Team manager - Major Varoon Parmar
Head of cricket operations and strategy - Virender Sehwag
Head coach - Brad Hodge
Assistant coach - Mithun Manhas
Bowling coach - Venkatesh Prasad
Fielding coach - Nishanta Bordoloi
Strength & conditioning coach - Nishant Thakur
Video analyst - Ashish Tuli
Physiotherapist – Amit Tyagi

Season

League table

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Results

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30) {{#section:2018 Indian Premier League|match2}}

References

↑ Hodge named Kings XI Punjab's head coach. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
↑ Venkatesh Prasad appointed bowling coach at KXIP. Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
↑ Kings XI's plea to shift base from Mohali rejected. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab unveil their new jersey. Mid Day. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ Punjab requests rescheduling of KXIP matches. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ IPL: Kings XI announce change of home schedule Big boost for 'Khelo India'? IPL: Kings XI announce change of home schedule. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

External links

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[1] Hodge named Kings XI Punjab's head coach. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[:3-2] Venkatesh Prasad appointed bowling coach at KXIP. Times of India. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[3] Kings XI's plea to shift base from Mohali rejected. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[4] IPL 2018: Kings XI Punjab unveil their new jersey. Mid Day. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[5] Punjab requests rescheduling of KXIP matches. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[6] IPL: Kings XI announce change of home schedule Big boost for 'Khelo India'? IPL: Kings XI announce change of home schedule. Times of India. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

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